Where are they now??

Have you ever visited a blog and found it hadn't been updated in months? The last post was sometime in April and the blogger's last post was something like

Weekend Plan - April 20, 2007

"On Saturday I'm gonna go get Jill and we're gonna go for a walk up the Hill ..Hope everyone has a great weekend" Jack (-:

And then nothing. You happen to stumble upon the blog in August and there's no report back, No Jack, No Jill!

They have disappeared into the void and you'll never know what happened. But hey we can make up stories of what might have...

Maybe Jack went to pick up Jill for the walk up the hill and found her with another man? Jack, might have beat the crap out of the guy and then got arrested and put in jail....

Maybe he got hit by a car on his way to get Jill and he's still recovering from his injuries...

Maybe Jill shot Jack because he was cheating on her?

Or they were both killed by a pack of angry wolves while trying to get a drink of water after climbing the hill..

Possibly they were victims of a simple alien abduction??

Whatever the reason it seems clear that these people will not be back anytime soon but it begs the question...What happens to your blog if you die?

Should we be putting passwords in our wills so that someone somewhere can shut the blog down or say farewell to the readers?

Should we be writing out last post now with instruction on how to post it?

This post is filled with questions and damn it I want some answers?

Women's Clothing

Yesterday Mom had to go into Kohl's, a local department store, because she had a 30% discount coupon she wanted to look around and see if there were any good deals.

On our way to Women's clothing we had to walk through the lingerie section which can be somewhat interesting. I noticed a display and the name brand was "Barely There" and a picture popped into my head...hmmmm....nice! But I was with Mom and I kept charging along with her toward the Women's Clothing. It was there where I found out Mom was a sign reader too...

She pointed up at the wall display and the name brand was "Sag Harbor" Now I don't know what picture would come into your mind standing in the middle of the Women's Department, but for me the picture wasn't pretty!

Why would anyone manufacturing Women's clothing come up with a name brand like "Sag Harbor?? Maybe they will start a Men's clothing line of "Beer Belly Shirts" or "Whopper Wear"!!

Well, Mom and I had a laugh over Sag Harbor and she didn't find anything she liked. We started to make our way out and I noticed another sign for Women's Clothing, a designer named "Alfred Dunner"... I pointed to the sign and:

I said, "Hey Ma, read that sign out loud"

She read "Alfred Dunner"

I said " So, Alfred has done-her, you think anyone else will do her wearing something like that??

Mom hit me on the back of the head and said I was crude, she was smiling though.

Now I am going to have to call the Department Of Social Services!!

Parents are not supposed to hit their kids!!

Fergus Frater, What were you thinking??

If you haven't heard the story, Fergus Frater is a 46 year old from the town of Littlehampton, West Sussex in England. He claimed that he won the 35.4 Million Euro Millions Lottery but in fact hadn't won a thing. He got his picture in the local paper, standing beside him was his son and his sister. He'd promised them both a nice share of the money.

He is nowhere to be found now and you have to wonder...What was he thinking?? Did he have one too many pints and just misread the ticket?? Was it a harmless prank that he concocted and then just boiled out of control?/ Whatever the reason, Fergus won't be very popular for a bit as one of the duped was quoted :

"I could kill him ... but he's gone to ground and I've no idea where he is."

Now Gerry Kelly the real winner, a postal worker, is even a bigger surprise, She's giving her ex some of the money!! They have been apart for 8 years!!

Well I know I am not lucky enough to think my ex will ever give me a chunk of the money if she wins the lottery here in the good ol' USA so I am getting some more of my own tickets for tonight's 140 Million dollar jackpot.

Let me say this if I am the sole winner of tonight's Mega-Millions drawing...I will send anyone leaving a comment here before Midnight EST Aug 18, 2007 ! Thousand dollars and an invite to my celebratory bash. At the bash there will be some great door prizes.....


Wish Me Luck!!

Good News Bad News and More Good News

Bad News First, I did not have a winning Mega Millions Ticket !

Good News...No One Else did either and now the Pot is up to 140 MILLION dollars.!!

That means I'll take another chance on Friday...I've gotta a good feeling about Friday.

More Good news, Red Sox Won and Yankees Lost...EVEN Better, while I didn't get any winning lottery tickets yesterday I did score a couple of great tickets yesterday..

Red Sox Tickets for today's Afternoon Game at 1 PM EST


DICE-K is Pitching!!

I'll be behind the catcher, sort of...very nice seats and they were FREE

So I did win something yesterday!!

To Do List

Translate English to Jive, Redneck or Cockney

Have you ever wanted to write with a Cockney dialect ?

Have yer ever wanted ter write wiv a Cockney dialect ?

Maybe you would like to write a little like a Red Neck...

Mebbe yer hankerin' t'soun' a li'l like a redneck..

Well now you can convert English text, even your entire web page using the Dialectizer!

You can write a great post in your own words and then just have it translated into Redneck. You could tell everyone your Cousin Effrim from West Virginia is writing a guest post!!

So try the Dialectizer, it's free, and if you are going to leave me a comment about it, tranlate it first. You can get Pig Latin, sound like a moron or a Swedish Chef.

Come on! Have some fun and if your surfing on Blog Explosion...give it a little more than 30 seconds people!!

In Pig Latin: Omecay onyay! Avehay omesay unfay andyay ifyay youray urfingsay onyay Ogblay Explosionyay...ivegay ityay ayay ittlelay oremay anthay 30 econdssay eoplepay!!

In Jive: Come on! Right on! Gots some fun and if yo' surfin' on Blog Explosion. 'S coo', bro...cut it some little mo'e dan 30 seconds sucka's! Preach it loud, bruddah!

I-35 Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis

This video has no sound, words are not needed to know this is a tragedy. Coming home from a day at work..those that died, injured and the families who have lost their loved ones all deserve our thoughts and prayers..

Aunt Alice and the Port Jervis Phone Company

Oh it sounds like such a good title!

Really it's just about a picture that my Cousin came across and sent to me tonight. My Aunt Alice better known as Aunt Allie, my Dad's sister and the woman who drove like the wind to the hospital, me in the passenger seat in my Uncle Ed's lap, his hand like a vice holding my leg together, Aunt Allie stopping for no one.. beeping the horn all the way. I swear when we reached the top of the hill where the hospital was we went airborne.

We got there alive and they sewed my leg up good...I got about 40 stitches and a GI Joe...It was the 60's and one of the most exciting rides ever. I digress...

So My cousin found a picture of Alice when she was seventeen years old and working for the Phone Company in Port Jervis, New York (circa 1947) ....see below

My Aunt still lives in Matamoras,Pa where she and my dad grew up. It's on the Delaware River, on the other side of the river is Port Jervis, NY.

Aunt Alice

Less than 60 years ago our phone calls were made through an operator like Alice, there was no direct dialing ,cell phones, no faxes, Internet or home PC's. Those times were much simpler than the complex world we live in now. While I like a lot of the new gadgets, somehow this picture makes me think maybe all the gadgets aren't really worth the aggravation!

Well, I gotta go..I've got emails to reply to, my cell phone is ringing!


Photos courtesy of my cousin...no royalties paid at this time, he still owes us for all that penny candy we bought for him when he said he didn't want to break a $20...oh, and note penny candy isisn't just a penny anymore..